Sunday, December 16, 2012

Dog Blood

Next Order

Boysnoize Records & OWSLA/Big
Beat

The
video to this excellent song, which is my first exposure to dubstep, is very
trippy, and fun to watch. A guy has a very interesting trip involving
astronauts, the streets, pretty women, and helpful strangers. The audio is
greatfor dancing.Another good move by Boys Noize, and
fun, too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6vwuS6oy8I

Saturday, December 8, 2012

Boys Noize featuring Snoop Dogg

Out Of The Black

Self-Released

I’ve already, in my full review of Boys Noize’s excellent
album Out Of The Black, made my distaste known for Snoop Dogg’s lyrical
stances. So this review focuses on the music and rapping. Snoop Dogg is a great
rapper. I like his laid back style, and his matter-of-fact take on what he’s
into. Boys Noize’s music perfectly complements Snoop’s rapping, laying down a
jagged, humming, and very melodic bed of sound that augments the rapping
perfectly. If you like The Dogg, take my viewpoint on his lyrics with a grain
of salt and check out this track, one of the best on Out Of The Black, and get
dancing to it. http://boysnoize.com/

Monday, December 3, 2012

Scott Walker

Bish Bosch

4AD

Continuing what he started on The Drift, Walker proves that
he is like no other operating outside the mainstream, and indeed, most of indie
rock.Bish Bosch, with its dark
ominous music and lyrics, nevertheless manages to be more positive than The
Drift, simply by taking a more cerebral approach to dysfunction, bodily
functions, history and his fascination with dictators like Attila The Hun.

The album’s title comes from Hieronymus Bosch, whose painting
Garden of Earthly Delights, also sets the tone and mood here.The music is harsh, abrasive, sparse,
haunting, does evoke hell, heaven but also in a twisted way as in going through
hell to get to heaven.

While this album is not for the faint hearted, or those accustomed
to more conventionally structured music, those that do brave it will find very
complex things going on. It’s make one think and feel dread, but also relief
that however bad everything is now, it will get better. http://www.bishbosch.com

Saturday, December 1, 2012

Avan Lava

Sisters

A bisexual love triangle told in 4:55 minutes. The song is
erotic and loving, and the video is even more so. I prefer the uncensored
version of the video for that reason.The song is on Avan Lava’s Flex Fantasy EP, and the EP is great all the
way through. The title of the song and the clip that accompanies it isn’t meant
to be taken literally. Sisters as in best friends, and maybe in the feminist
way as well.

All the shots of two hot women in and out of bed, partying
or just having quiet times with each other captures love honestly and
naturally. This is why you can feel for the woman who is the odd person out
when the other is with her boyfriend.She should ditch him and stay with her girlfriend who gives her much
more than the guy could. But don’t ditch the song, which is gorgeous. A mid
tempo groove that gets under your skin, it lingers long after the song is over.
It’s cool, and the video makes it even cooler.